Animal germophobic??

[Tala]

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We have pretty black and white rules about that.

Anything on the table is clearly OFF LIMITS. All the time. No if's, and's, or but's. (and No licking it either--- Hawk!)

but ANYTHING on the floor belongs to the dogs. The rule says if it hits the floor - then you can't punish the dog for eating it.

There are very few exceptions to the floor rule (dropped chocolate for example) and absolutely none to the table rule.

 

[Laurieks]

I shared ice cream with my goat the other day. she can't reach her rear to lick it so her mouth 'should' be clean.

Our dog prewashes all our dishes. I can't let that food, sauce, etc. go to waste.

Some probably think that makes me a nutcase.

 

[chickerdoodle]

Our dogs can only lick dishes we hand them to lick as all others are taboo. Our dishwasher super-heats the water and even has a garbage disposal in it. Do be sure that no onions, grapes, chocolate or raisins are in any food they get--can cause serious illness or even death. Oh, and how many times has your dog started to lick your face when you were talking--patooey! Talk about getting up close and personal!

 

[enola]

Germophobic is a word that is not in my vocabulary !

My mother thinks I am nuts.... I have an incubator in the computer room...... A brooder in the computer room..... A 55 gallon aquarium with a pair of button quail in the living room (the quail were pets in the house before I got them).... Bettas in quart jars that I wash before I use them in the kitchen..... The dogs and cats lick all the pans and dishes.....

Of course I wash EVERYTHING in hot dish water before using them again ! My animals probably think they are just short people !

My dog and cat even sleep with me, the dog under the covers, the cat on top of the covers.

 

[Equus5O]

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I do that Now! I kiss every fish before i throw it back for luck - My dad yelled at me when I caught a 10 lb bass, kissed it, and let it go! I have a picture though, lol. Ive eated crickets and grasshoppers on dares, as well as get mud all over me everyday from doing duck chores

But my friends always get freaked when they see MUD on me because they think it is duck poo.

My son, about 6 at the time, came home from visiting my brother in NH. "Uncle Steven kisses the fish before he throws them back!"

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Nope. My dog would not even think of lifting her nose to the table. Spook is spoiled rotten,gets treats all the time. She is also a Service Dog. The butcher at the local market remarks on the fact that she doesn't even lift her nose at the meat cases.

 

[Godsgrl]

It really bothers me to see an animal lick from a dish that people will later use. I'm not a germ freak, I love animals, (heck, I work at a zoo!!) but it bothers me. Even though I know the dish is going into a dishwasher for a high powered scrub, I can't handle it.

 

[annanicole18]

weren't those the good days when people didn't flip about a kid playing in mud? my mother in law is going to have a heart attack when me and my hubby start our family....what children cannot play in grass over 3 inches tall there are ticks in there!!! no you cannot go outside today honey it rained earlier and its muddy... you shared what with the dog?!?!?! never ever eat anything until you have washed your hands after touching that ____ (insert goat chicken rabbit dog cat or whatever else i have running around)!!! oh man the things i did looking back some of them weren't so tasty (bugs bleh) but it sure was fun watching the boys at school freak out about it.

 

[MagsC]

This is gross, but my youngest son used to let the dog have a licks of his jolly rancher suckers.

Always when he thought I wasnt looking...
My fathers family is germophobic to the extreme, they use hand sanitizer after just about everything and a little cough will send them scurrying away in a panic.
Me, I do whats necessary to keep living conditions sanitary, but my house is kind of cluttery, lived in looking. As far as dogs licking off plates, I dont see anything wrong with that, because we, as you do, wash them in very hot water afterwards.
Though they dont unless we set the plates down on the floor and give the okay.

 

[schmije]

I once watched a friend's mother share a popsicle with her toddler and their dog. It was disgusting and really funny at the same time. And nobody got sick.